Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Holman Bible
He enlarges nations,
International Standard Version
He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity.
A Conservative Version
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
American Standard Version
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
Amplified
“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].
Bible in Basic English
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
Darby Translation
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
Julia Smith Translation
Making great to the nations, and he will destroy them: he spread out to the nations, and he will guide them.
King James 2000
He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and leads them away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He makes the nations great, then he destroys them; he expands the nations, then he guides them.
Modern King James verseion
He gives greatness to the nations, and destroys them. He spreads out the nations, and leads them away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them; He maketh them to multiply, and driveth them away.
NET Bible
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
New Heart English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
The Emphasized Bible
Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:
Webster
He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again.
World English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Themes
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 12:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
If You Want To Learn
22 Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. 23 Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. 24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil.
Isaiah 26:15
Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.
Psalm 107:38
And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.
Exodus 1:7
and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
Exodus 1:20
And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
Isaiah 27:6
Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world with increase.
Isaiah 51:2
Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.
Isaiah 60:22
The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!
Jeremiah 30:19
And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'
Zechariah 10:8
I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.